Bit behind in posting this!

We went to Barnwell Country Park on Friday as it was so sunny and warm.

It seemed very quiet, only a handful of other children around, so it gave Katie and Ben the opportunity to use all the fabulous adventure playground equipment without having to queue!

Katie is seriously into ducks (but not quite as seriously as she's into horses of course) and so we enjoyed watching and feeding them, as well as the swans, cignets and geese. We spent some time sitting in the bird watching huts spotting a variety of garden birds, looking out for fish in the rivers and streams and just enjoying the peace. Katie and Ben also did some pond dipping, hindered a little but some very interested feathered creatures getting pretty close to the nets.

Picnic lunch and then we discovered you can borrow a set of boules from the shop/reception area, so we played this for a short while. Good fun, we all enjoyed it.


On Saturday we had a family BBQ at our home. P's sister came up from London to check out the house and we were lucky enough to be able to sit outside chatting and eating while the children amused themselves. Should have taken photos of P's dad bouncing on the trampoline - the kids loved it! In the evening, the local pub had a live band playing so P and I let the kids stay up a little later to enjoy the mix of pop tunes new and old. P and I were dancing in the garden, something we certainly wouldn't have done in our previous home!

On Sunday, we decided to take a walk out onto the marsh to get closer to the sea (Wash) edge. There's a path across the RAF bombing range which isn't accessible during flight practise times! We managed to get very close to the water, stopping as it got a bit boggy, but it looked like some hardy pony had made it there too as we followed tiny hoof prints all the way out.

Although this shot was taken next to a creek, it shows how dry the mud has become due to lack of consistent rain.

One of the targets set up for practise firing by fighter jets.

Ben was quite nervous of walking across a firing range, even though the warning flags weren't on display.

Quite an eerie shot I thought. It took us a while to walk out to the water so we were losing the light. The boat is another target for practise bombing/firing by the jets.